Confusion in IELTS LISTENING

[cherrydhiman]

Dear All ,

I need your help on below query

I was doing listening practice exam and in one of the questions , I put answer as "Building" , while when checking the answer it was mentions as "building"

So does it mean my answer is incorrect as I put the first letter in Upper case ?


Please advise

 

[cherishlady]

It depends on the context of the phrase for example with the word "beautiful"

The house is beautiful: CORRECT
The house is Beautiful: Incorrect because there is no need to put a capital letter.

Beautiful and gorgeous: Correct, because you are starting to write the phrase with that word.
beautiful and gorgeous.: Incorrect because you have to start a new phrase with a capital letter.

Hope it helps

 

[cherrydhiman]

Does it mean , I will get 0 marks in exam if I put "Building" instead of "building" ?

 

[Johnny31]

Does it mean , I will get 0 marks in exam if I put "Building" instead of "building" ?

Was your answer part of a sentence? or just by itself?

If part of a sentence and it's not the beginning word in the sentence - could be counted as a mistake

If it's just a single word answer - it's fine and shouldn't be a problem

 

[Dreams123]

Dear All ,

I need your help on below query

I was doing listening practice exam and in one of the questions , I put answer as "Building" , while when checking the answer it was mentions as "building"

So does it mean my answer is incorrect as I put the first letter in Upper case ?


Please advise

Hello Cherry

From where you are doing practice for IELTS exam, do you have any source that you can share.

I couldn't find anything particular for General IELTS (not sure which one you are doing).

Regards

 

[Satvir Singh]

If you have word problem then write in capital letter in answer sheet .
For Example - BEAUTIFUL - then it is correct

 

[cherrydhiman]

Hello ,

I am doing IELTS from Cambridge Books

The question was -

The ....................... Cabinet.

I put "Bathroom" but the answer mentioned in IELTS-Cambridge book is "bathroom".


So that what my confusion is , Can advise something here,

Is the answer "Bathroom" is wrong ? or If i put "BATHROOM" then ?

 

[Johnny31]

Hello ,

I am doing IELTS from Cambridge Books

The question was -

The ....................... Cabinet.

I put "Bathroom" but the answer mentioned in IELTS-Cambridge book is "bathroom".


So that what my confusion is , Can advise something here,

Is the answer "Bathroom" is wrong ? or If i put "BATHROOM" then ?

If you have problem with whether to write a capital letter or not, a tip is to write in "all caps".

A general rule is that only words that needs a capital letter should have it -

For example: a city/country (New York, United States, Canada) or beginning of a sentence should have it also.

Because The.....Cabinet (bathroom is in the middle of the 3 words and since it's not at the beginning and it's not a city/country, it shouldn't have capitalized)

http://www.ieltsbuddy.com/using-all-capital-letters-in-the-ielts-listening-and-reading-tests.html read this also

 

[cherrydhiman]

Thanks all for your help , its clear now

 

[Johnny31]

Thanks all for your help , its clear now

Glad to help out! Good Luck!